Category: inequitable conduct | Yonaxis I.P. Law Group

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Fed Circuit Watch: Nexus Required Between Attorney Fees Award and Misconduct

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| October 1, 2018

Another recently unsealed opinion from August 15, 2018 revealed a decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit involving inequitable conduct and fee award. In the opinion dated July 28,...

Fed Circuit Watch: Merck’s Unclean Hands Render Hep C Patents Unenforceable

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| June 10, 2018

The doctrine of unclean hands is a judicially-created equitable defense in which equitable relief is denied where that party has acted in a fraudulent manner or in bad faith. Gilead Scis., Inc. v....

Fed Circuit Watch: Litigation Misconduct and Inequitable Conduct

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| August 1, 2017

By Brent T. Yonehara On July 27, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Merus B.V. In Regeneron, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district...

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